The Distance Between the Y Value in the Data and the Predicted

question 85

Multiple Choice

The distance between the Y value in the data and the predicted Y value from the regression equation is known as the residual.What is the value for the sum of the squared residuals?

• A) \(S S _ { \text {residual } }\) = r²(SS?)
• B) \(S S _ { \text {residual } }\) = (1 - r²)(SS?)
• C) \(S S _ { \text {residual } }\) = r²(SS?)
• D) \(S S _ { \text {residual } }\) = (1 - r²)(SS?)

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